Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska

Yukon-Koyukuk population, land area and income

Yukon-Koyukuk had 5,099 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 145,769.1 square miles of land. It is the largest by land of Alaska's 30 county-equivalents. That works out to 0.0 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and the lowest nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Alaska has 6,175 residents; Yukon-Koyukuk is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $49,498 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Yukon-Koyukuk's population changed since 2020

Yukon-Koyukuk lost 204 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 3.8%. That ranks 24th of 30 in Alaska for growth. The median Alaska county changed by -1.3%, and the state as a whole by +1.0%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Yukon-Koyukuk recorded 254 births and 320 deaths, a natural change of -66. Net international migration added +74 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -253. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 253 people.

Where Yukon-Koyukuk is

The Census internal point of Yukon-Koyukuk is at 65.375700, -151.578200. It sits in UTM zone 5N. The map shades Alaska's 30 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Yukon-Koyukuk outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Yukon-Koyukuk

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Yukon-Koyukuk. Its 5,099 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Yukon-Koyukuk

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 9 neighbors for Yukon-Koyukuk. The most populous is Matanuska-Susitna, AK, with 117,613 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Matanuska-Susitna

  117,613 people

  224 mi SSE

• Fairbanks North Star

  94,951 people

  156 mi ESE

• Bethel

  18,237 people

  407 mi SW

• North Slope

  10,663 people

  286 mi N

• Nome

  9,836 people

  369 mi W

• Kusilvak

  7,946 people

  412 mi WSW

• Southeast Fairbanks

  7,313 people

  268 mi ESE

• Northwest Arctic

  7,134 people

  261 mi WNW

• Denali

  1,621 people

  126 mi SSE

Distance to Juneau and the nearest big city

Juneau is 738.7 miles ESE of Yukon-Koyukuk's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK (population 289,600), 298.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Fairbanks, AK (population 31,732), 120.1 miles away.

Yukon-Koyukuk FIPS code

The FIPS code of Yukon-Koyukuk is 02290: state code 02 for Alaska plus borough or census area code 290. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $49,498.